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Learn third grade math-fractions, area, arithmetic, and so much more. This course is aligned with Common Core standards.

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A helpful site for parents! This site shares information about the 3rd grade curriculum and gives great suggestions for at home activities you can try.

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Your child has mastered the fundamentals in 1st grade and 2nd grade, and is now ready to thrive through 3rd grade! But it's not just another year: This grade is a very important time in your child's education, because it's when students transition from what are often known as the "lower grades" to the "upper grades." It is a crucial period in students' learning as they become more independent and mature learners.

In 3rd grade, students progress from practicing basic skills to mastering them, and move on to develop more complex skills.

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After mastering literacy skills in earlier grades, 3rd graders become better and more independent readers. Third grade reading focuses on teaching kids how to think and talk about what they read in deeper and more detailed ways. Students read longer texts, and most read fictional chapter books.

Many reading lessons in 3rd grade are dedicated to writing and talking about the meanings, lessons, and important ideas in texts. Third graders are encouraged to develop their own points of view about books they read, and to discuss their ideas about a text or characters. Series books are important in 3rd grade, because they allow students to make connections between different books and talk about how certain characters develop. As 3rd graders explore a greater range of books and longer texts, they become more fluent readers and learn to read, define, and pronounce complex words.

To build reading skills, your 3rd grader:

Reads multi-syllable and grade-appropriate, irregularly spelled words (ask your child's teacher for a list of these words).

Reads grade-level text with appropriate pace, accuracy, expression, and understanding.

Self-corrects mistakes and re-reads when necessary.

Talks about and answers questions about a text using specific examples from the text and connects different parts of a text.

Reads a variety of texts including, fiction, non-fiction, fables, and poetry, and understands and talks about their main ideas and lessons.

Begins to understand the difference between literal and non-literal text such as metaphors and analogies.

Uses the text and context to determine the meaning of words.

Is able to express their own point of view about characters or a text.

Makes comparisons between books written by the same author and books in series that are about the same characters.

Get Serious About Series: Find a series that interests your child and begin to read it together. You can read to your child, your child can read to you, or they can read a chapter independently. You can even interview each other as you read - ask about main ideas, events, and thoughts you each have about the books and characters.

Look It Up: When your child encounters a word they don't know the meaning of, look up the meaning together. Use a grade-appropriate tool like the Scholastic Children's Dictionary - or you can even keep your own family dictionary, recording words and their definitions. Use the word yourself, or encourage your child to use that word in a sentence sometime during the day.

Learn About an Author: As your child develops favorite authors, look online for that author's website. They can email or write a letter to the author (under your supervision).

Third graders continue to practice writing the pieces they learned to do in 2nd grade, but now also write longer ones with more detail. What's more, 3rd graders learn increasingly sophisticated language, using phrases and terms to provide examples and make connections within their writing.

More time is spent on planning, revising, and editing texts in 3 rd grade - and as a result, your child learns the "writing process" authors go through. Students may spend a long period of time (say, a few weeks) working on one piece. They also practice writing pieces in shorter periods of time in class and through homework. Third graders continue to use and become comfortable with technology as they employ computers for writing pieces and doing research.

To build writing skills, your 3rd grader:

Writes a variety types of texts including:

Opinion Pieces: Students introduce their opinions, note the reasons for those opinions, and provide a conclusion.

Narrative Pieces: Students write about an event, using descriptive details, feelings, and proper order - and ultimately provide a conclusion.

Informative/Explanatory Pieces: Students introduce a topic and use facts, definitions, and, if helpful, illustrations to further explain the topic, eventually leading to a conclusion.

Uses terms such as: because, since, for example, also, another, and but to elaborate on and make connections in their writing.

Plans, revises, and edits their writing, going through the same process that most writers do.

Uses digital tools (under the guidance of the teacher) to publish their writing and interact and communicate with others.

Begins to take notes and do research for short research projects.

Spends various amounts of time writing a piece, ranging from a short period of time (such as 30 minutes) to working on one piece over the course of a few weeks.

Write About Your Lives: When your family experiences an enjoyable or important moment, you and your child can write about it together in a narrative piece. Describe the events that occurred using details and emotion, then send the piece to family members or friends to share the event and the writing.
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Get Technical: Help your child use a computer to research a topic or communicate with friends and family. Your third grader can also use the computer to write their own pieces or pieces you write together.

Learn How to Do Something New: Pick something fun you and your child want to learn how to do, like drawing cartoons. Research the topic online or in a book together and create an informative piece, explaining the subject. You can then do the project yourselves or teach another family member or friend using the piece you and your child wrote.

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Your child has mastered the fundamentals in 1st grade and 2nd grade, and is now ready to thrive through 3rd grade! But it's not just another year: This grade is a very important time in your child's education, because it's when students transition from what are often known as the "lower grades" to the "upper grades."

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3GRG Info

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Budget Bill Changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee

House Bill 33 of the 135 th General Assembly included several legislative changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Information about the most significant changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee is available below.

Promotion of 2022-2023 School Year Third Grade Students

Under House Bill 33 of the 135 th General Assembly, any district, community school, STEM school or chartered nonpublic school that would have retained students who did not meet the promotion score on Ohio's State Test for grade 3 English language arts during the 2022-2023 school year must promote those students to fourth grade unless a student's parent or guardian requests otherwise.

Students promoted to fourth grade must continue to receive at least 90 minutes of daily reading instruction that includes intensive intervention until the student is able to read at grade level.

2023-2024 Third Grade Reading Guarantee Promotion Score

State law requires the State Board of Education to annually increase the promotion score on Ohio's State Test for grade 3 English language arts until it reaches proficient for the 2024-2025 school year. Accordingly, the State Board voted to raise the promotion score for grade 3 English language arts to 690 for the 2023-2024 school year. Any student who scores 690 or higher on the English language arts scaled score will be eligible for promotion to fourth grade at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.

In addition, the Ohio Department of Education has set the reading subscore alternative assessment score for Ohio's State Test for grade 3 English language arts at 48 for the 2023-2024 school year. Any student who scores 48 or higher on the reading subscore will be eligible for promotion to fourth grade at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, even if the student scores below 690 on Ohio's State Test for grade 3 English language arts.

Changes Beginning in 2023-2024 school year

Parent Request Exemption

Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, a student's parent or guardian, in consultation with the student's reading teacher and principal, may request that a student be promoted to fourth grade regardless of the student's score on Ohio's State Test for grade 3 English language arts.

Students promoted to fourth grade through this exemption must continue to receive intensive reading instruction until the student is able to read at grade level.

Parent Notification Requirements

Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, districts must include the following information in the written communication to parents of students in grades K-3 who are not reading on grade level according to the reading diagnostic:

RIMP Requirements

The following are additional requirements for reading improvement and monitoring plan (RIMPs) beginning in the 2023-2024 school year:

High-dosage tutoring opportunities aligned with the student's classroom instruction through either a state-approved vendor or locally approved opportunity that aligns with high-dosage tutoring best practices. Tutoring starts in the 2023-2024 school year for all K-4 students with RIMPs. High-dosage tutoring must include additional instruction time either:

Intervention services must be aligned to the science of reading.

Districts and schools must continue to provide the RIMP until the student is reading proficiently at their current grade level.

The Department is carefully developing guidance for the additional tutoring provision. Please check back for further updates.

Reading Intervention Requirements for EdChoice Scholarship and Cleveland Scholarship Students Beginning in 2023-2024

Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, chartered nonpublic schools must provide the following for EdChoice Scholarship students and Cleveland Scholarship students not reading proficiently but promoted to fourth grade:

High-dosage tutoring opportunities aligned with the student's classroom instruction through either a state-approved vendor or locally approved opportunity that aligns with high-dosage tutoring best practices. High-dosage tutoring must include additional instruction time either:

Intervention services aligned to the science of reading.

Schools must continue to provide intervention services until the student is reading proficiently at their current grade level.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Budget Bill Changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee

The Department is carefully developing guidance for the additional tutoring provision. Please check back for further updates.

Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee is a program to identify students from kindergarten through grade 3 who are behind in reading. Schools will provide help and support to make sure students are on track for reading success by the end of third grade. The Department provides policy guidance, instructional tools and resources on the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.

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House Bill 33 of the 135 th General Assembly included several legislative changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Information about the most significant changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee is available below.

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We use this site to practice our math facts.  Students should practice this EVERYDAY!  They will need to master not only addition and subtraction facts this year, but also multiplication and division facts.  PLEASE USE THIS SITE!

Students will  need to enter my email address.  It is mrsadair4@gmail.com
They will also need to know their 4-digit PIN.

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A fun math site we play on to review skills and earn coins!

Click "Sign In" in top right corner.   Sign in as a student.  Students need their class codes as well as first and last names

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We use clever as a link to different sites our district has.  Check it out, there are lots of different resources available.  Clever is the way we access Study Island, iReady, Infohio, and many other helpful sites.